f28958	Eastern Province v Rhodesia
	Currie Cup 1971/72 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Rhodesia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5); Rhodesia 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	CMP Coetzee, H Mason
Close of play day 1	Rhodesia (1) 29/1 (Gripper 15*, Mitchell 3*; 12 overs)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 129/4 (Wilmot 0*, Colling 0*; 39 overs)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Gardiner b Fletcher	10
AL Biggs	c Gardiner b Fletcher	26		100
SJ Bezuidenhout	c du Preez b Davison	4
*RG Pollock	run out	129
AL Wilmot	not out	76
WJ McAdam	c Oldrieve b Fletcher	12
PM Pollock	lbw b Fletcher	10
KP Reid	not out	0
+RK Colling	did not bat
HC Pittaway	did not bat
SJ McAdam	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 94 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Bezuidenhout), 2-48 (Biggs), 3-71 (Wood), 4-219 (RG Pollock), 5-236 (WJ McAdam), 6-271 (PM Pollock)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	27	9	57	0	-	-
Bowes	12	4	42	0	-	-
Mitchell	22	2	63	0	-	-
Fletcher	21	6	51	4	-	-
Davison	7	2	31	1	-	-
du Preez	5	2	23	0	-	-

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Gripper	b SJ McAdam	16
BD Barbour	c WJ McAdam b SJ McAdam	9		35
JC Mitchell	not out	73		275	9	-
BH Oldrieve	b Reid	26		54
BF Davison	c RG Pollock b Reid	1
MJ Procter	lbw b SJ McAdam	15		28	2	-
JD McPhun	lbw b Pittaway	1
JH du Preez	lbw b PM Pollock	21
+HAB Gardiner	c RG Pollock b Biggs	9
DAG Fletcher	run out (Reid)	8
TRC Bowes	b PM Pollock	6
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 310 minutes, 82.5 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Barbour), 2-37 (Gripper), 3-71 (Oldrieve), 4-73 (Davison), 5-91 (Procter), 6-98 (McPhun), 7-135 (du Preez), 8-150 (Gardiner), 9-178 (Fletcher), 10-196 (Bowes)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	19.5	5	63	2	-	-
Pittaway	15	7	11	1	-	-
SJ McAdam	20	1	57	3	-	-
Biggs	15	6	20	1	-	-
Reid	13	3	34	2	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Fletcher	33
AL Biggs	lbw b Bowes	12
SJ Bezuidenhout	b Mitchell	53
*RG Pollock	b Fletcher	25
AL Wilmot	not out	45
+RK Colling	c and b Mitchell	38
WJ McAdam	c and b Mitchell	9
PM Pollock	did not bat
KP Reid	did not bat
HC Pittaway	did not bat
SJ McAdam	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 268 minutes, 66.2 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Biggs), 2-87 (Wood), 3-129, 4-129, 5-213, 6-223 (66.2 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	16	3	54	0	-	-
Bowes	14	1	57	1	-	-
Fletcher	26	5	59	2	-	-
du Preez	1	1	0	0	-	-
Mitchell	9.2	3	45	3	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Gripper	not out	116		302	16	-
BD Barbour	b PM Pollock	1
BH Oldrieve	c Wilmot b PM Pollock	0
BF Davison	c RG Pollock b PM Pollock	1		22
MJ Procter	c Wood b Pittaway	11
JD McPhun	b Pittaway	4		32
JH du Preez	c Colling b Biggs	49		136	7	-
JC Mitchell	lbw b Biggs	11
DAG Fletcher	not out	2
+HAB Gardiner	did not bat
TRC Bowes	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, 87 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Barbour), 2-9 (Oldrieve), 3-27 (Davison), 4-47 (Procter), 5-56 (McPhun), 6-153 (du Preez), 7-181 (Mitchell)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	12	1	27	3	-	-
SJ McAdam	15	6	36	0	-	-
Pittaway	26	9	55	2	-	-
Biggs	16	4	40	2	-	-
Reid	4	3	4	0	-	-
RG Pollock	5	2	14	0	-	-
Wood	7	3	14	0	-	-
Bezuidenhout	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Pollock (1) 100 in 171 minutes
--> JC Mitchell (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Bezuidenhout (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> RK Colling (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> DAG Fletcher achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed PM Pollock in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 3-34)
--> AL Biggs reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HAB Gardiner, his 1st wicket in the Rhodesia first innings
--> JC Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province second innings (previous best was 3-58)
--> B Wood retired hurt in the Eastern Province first innings (team had lost 0 wickets) - he returned when the score was 48/2

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12th Man for Rhodesia was RH Kaschula.

 

 

 

 

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